Open AccessUse of Preventive Dental Care Among Medicaid-Enrolled, School-Aged US Children in Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Families: Trends in Pennsylvania From 2005 Through 2010
Author(s) -
Katherine Yun,
Arina Chesnokova,
Justine Shults,
Andrés Pinto,
David M. Rubin
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2014.302157
Subject(s) - medicaid , medicine , ethnic group , receipt , immigration , dental care , family medicine , demography , gerontology , preventive care , health care , sociology , world wide web , anthropology , computer science , economics , economic growth , archaeology , history
We describe trends in receipt of preventive dental care among Medicaid-enrolled children in Pennsylvania between 2005 and 2010, comparing the US children of immigrants with their co-ethnic peers in nonimmigrant families.